Adobe illustrator CS crashing

welcome, andipunk77 ,

it might be a memory problem. check whether your memory and hd are ok. If this doesn't solve the proble, please, post back. it would be interesting to know, e.g, if you have problems when starting other applications.

thomas

in your user home folder - library folder - preferences folder look for the file "com.adobe.illustrator.plist", move the file to desktop, restart PowerBook and try Illustrator again.

also run permissions repair in Disk Utility.

supposed to be the illustrator.plist file somewhere.

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331889.html

is there in: user folder - library - preferences - "Adobe Illustartor Settings" folder?

if there is one, just move it to desktop and restart, see what happens (those are temp files anyway)

you also could try to create new user account in System Preferences and try to open Illustrator after login in as new user.

if it runs under new user, could be some conflict in original user setup.

if it's not working under new user, try deleting and re-installing Illustrator.

applications sometimes quit when there is conflict with other software or settings.

I'm experiencing crashing, too — after some editing actions (such as changing transparency) and on "save as." Tried making a new user, repairing permissions, trashing prefs, stripping down the file to the minimum, but no help.

I did not have any problems before I installed the latest updates from Apple (the ones related, I believe, to Aperture compatibility). Right now I'm suspecting that they are to blame.

I have not tried reinstalling yet, but that's next...

20" iMac Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.7) Illustrator CS 2

20" iMac Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.7)

it could be softarwe conflict - 2 applications try to access same area in memory etc.

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=software+conflict&i=51670,00.asp

it's possible that OS upadte installed something causing the conflict, especially if problesm started after an update.

sometimes it could be hardware issues, like RAM or hard drive.

one way to test would be to use your machine in target mode to boot another machine, and run the apps - if it's still crashes the same way, problem is likely software related.

Thanks for the tips, Arnie.
It now looks like my file may have been corrupted someshow. I was getting crashes everytime I tried to edit some masked paths.
I copied and pasted the rest of the artwork into a new file piece-by-piece, and no other problems so far.

20" iMac Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.7)

it's good to start with the problem file first, in any application if something is not working as expected, good idea is to replicate steps with different file, i should of mentioned that 🙂

Andi, by any chance, did this start happening when you updated OS X to 10.4.8? The problem seems to be happening to quite a few people, if this thread on Adobe's forums is any indication: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc1d732/17

Interesting. Yes, for me it did start happening after the 10.4.8 update. I made a connection at first, but had no way to prove it.

Hello Apple Forum,

Illustrator 11.0.0 or CS1 is problematic. It crashes for no reason. I've just experienced another crash. Have Adobe got on the case with this yet? I don't know what is causing this, hardware, software, conflicts?

I have done a complete re-install and now I can't get Illustrator to launch.

Any suggeations on what I can do to get Illustrator up and running again.

Is there a bug fix?

Found this fix on a blog awhile back, and it's now an Adobe support doc:
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/333449.html
Involves closing the Appearance palette, then relaunching.

Sorry patrick this is CS1 running 10.3.9

Link was not appropriate.

Technoapple,

There was an Illustrator CS 11.0.2 update that you might try.

Hope this helps

PB Ti 667 (10.3.9), PB G3 Firewire (OS 9.1), PB 12" Mac OS X (10.4.7) Wi-Fi, iPod 3G 15GB

Hello LilyLC,

I visited the Adobe Forum.

Yes the 11.0.2 update has done the trick.

Many thanks.